Monday, October 8, 2012

I tried something new today - coloring with Copics on glitter! I
used regular cardstock (any white cardstock will do) covered with
Scor-tape and Glitter Ritz Glitter in Cool Highlights. Once you burnish
the glitter, it doesn't come off! It doesn't even get on your Copics!
So AWESOME! Marci was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black on top of glitter and then colored with Copics. It's very different then coloring on paper, image looks a bit muted but it's oh so pretty and very very sparkly! Especially when you get it under the light. So, so pretty! And of course it's just perfect for Christmas cards!

I used my Scor-Pal to create a pleated paper ribbon. I scored at 1/2" and 1/4" repeatedly and then folded the pleats. It's held to the card with Scor-tape.

Flowers are made with Lotus Die and Rolled Rose Die (small) in the middle. Roses look more like a coral color in the photo, but they are really pink, they were die cut from the same cardstock as the layers on my card. Leafs under the flowers are from our Large Flourish Die.

I stamped Christmas Elf Marci inside of my card in Vintage Photo ink. Banners were made with leftover papers. The same flower as in front of the card, but with Pearl Pen in the center.

Top of the front panel is embossed to add texture to my card. I also used a doily behind Marci.

Heart Fence was cut in half and attached to each side of the card. See those pretty stars? They are the centers from the Lotus Die, I thought that they were just perfect for the Christmas night scene!

I made white poinsettias with our Lotus Die by layering all the different size flowers in a manner to resemble the poinsettia. Leaves were cut from the Large Flourish Die.

I might have gone a bit overboard with the inside of my card, but I really love how it turned out!

Christmas Lantern Marci was stamped in Vintage Photo ink inside of one of the circles. Behind the circles is a doily and I used our Filigree Corner die on the top and the sides of the doily. I used the same Filigree Corner for the corners as well.

I cut 4 layers of Scary Tree out of thin chipboard. Removed eyes and mouth from the top two and left them in the bottom two, really love the depth! I inked all the layers with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then stamped texture with one of the background stamps from Hero Arts.

I cut one of the Creepy Vine diecuts (there are two in this die set) in pieces and layered them behind the "hills". I used our Filigree Corner die, well.. for the corners ;-)

I stamped another Flying Witch Marci image inside of my card, this one was stamped with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. Sentiment inside of the card is from Vampire Luka stamp. You can see I also have our Eerie Bats here, there are 3 bats in this set - all different sizes and styles!

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Here is a card that can be used for many different occasions by changing the sentiment. It has no coloring at all and no stamping besides the sentiment. Everything used on my card was cut with our dies! That's right!

I die-cut two Tulip Borders, one from green paper and another one from pink. I cut off Tulip heads from the pink one and glued them to the green one.

I die-cut two of the Heart Trees as well, one from green cardstock and one from the patterned paper. I left all the pieces in one cut from cardstock and layered the patterned one over it. I really love the effect.

Marci was colored with Copics.

Skin - E00, E95, E11, E13

Blush - R20, R30

Hair - E70, E71, E74, E77

Skirt, Shoes, Headband - R81, R56, R59, R89

Blouse - E41, E42, T1 / R81, R56, R59

Backpack - Y32, Y35, Y38, Y26

Apple - R21, R35, R37, R39

You can find Backpack Marci and all the dies featured on my card in our store HERE.